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PATENTED JAN. 24', 1905.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 28. 1904.

Witnesses:

Attorneys No. r780,650.

yUNITED STATES Patented January 24, 1905.

PATENT OEEICE.

BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of .Letters Patent No. 780,650, dated January 24, 1905. Application flledApril 28, 1904:. Serial No. 205,437.

To If/ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM GARDNER, a subject of the King of. Great Britain, residingat Carberry, in the county of Norfolk, Prov- -ince of Manitoba, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. I, f

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in bottles of the class adapted to 4indicate to the purchaser whether or-not the contents of the bottle are of the character indicated by the label thereon, relating generally to the class of non-reiillable bottles, but in this instance comprising a structure which is of sucha character that it carries an indicator which will give notice to the purchaser `by its location whether the contents of the bottle are the original goods placed therein orare goods substituted for such originals.

a bottle or receptacle provided with my improvement with the seal or closure in position. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view, partly broken away, illustrating the bottle after the cork and indicating-seal. have been displaced.v Fig. 3 is a detached view illustrating the inner tube hereinafter referred to, y

and Fig. 4 is a sectional view L tof Fig. 1.

In the drawings, 1 is the body portion of'a bottle or other receptacle which may be provided with my improvement, said bottle terminating at its upperend in the neck portion 2, within which is adapted to be placed the Ahollow tube 3, which tube 3 has the laterallyprojecting ange 4 at the upper end thereof taken on line .is interlocked with both' of said sockets.

adapted to contact with the upper edge portion 5 of the bottle-neck 2 and the said neck and tube being provided with corresponding screw-threads adapted to secure the tube within the neck portion. In convenient proximity to and below the screw-thread .on the tube 3 is a socket or seat 7, preferably rectangular in shape, formed within the said socket, while -within the neck portion, so as to prevent removal thereof after it has once been placed in position. As the neck 2 and tube 3 are preferably of glass or other non-compressible material, an annular seal 10, -of rubber, cork, or other suitable compressible material, is placed within the neck portion 2 before the tube is projected to its innermost position, the said seal 10 being carried by the tube 3'to the-po sition shown in Figs. 1 and 2 when the said tube has been projected to a position where the spring 9 will interlock with the sockets 7 and 8, thereby preventing any possibility of leakage of the fluid contents`of the receptacle past and between the tube 3 and bottle-neck A2, as might result if such seal 10 were not provided.

that the spring 9 has reached a position where the sockets 7 and 8 coincide, and said spring It will be noted in the drawings that the inner face of the seal 10 is slightly beveled and also that the lower inner portion of the tube 3 at It will be evident that the flanges 4 on the tube 3 serve as a stop to indicate 11 is also slightly beveled, so that the nonbuoyant seal 13 maybe readily placed in position, the said non-buoyant seal being preferably approximately semispherical in shape and having the flattened face 14:, as shown. When the parts described have been properly placed, they form, with the exception of the body 13, a practically permanent fixture within the bottle-neck, after which the cork or other stopper 15 may be placed in position in IOO the usual manner to form the closure for the upper end of the said tube.

When it is desired to fill the bottle, the iiuid is first placed therein, after which the seal 10 is placed in position within the neck portion 2 and the tube 3 is projected into said neck portion 2 suffieientl y far so that the screw-threads 6 will come into engagement, after which the said tube is rotated and is carried downwardly into the neck 2 by means of said screw-threads, thereby carrying with it the seal 10 and the stopper of non-buoyant material 13, which should previously have been placed in position within the said tube 3. This rotation is continued until the spring 9 comes into engagement with the socket 8 in the neck portion 2, whereupon the said parts are securely locked in position against removal except upon breaking the bottle-neck. When the bottle is properly sealed and stopped and it is desired to obtain the contents thereof,it is necessary first to withd raw the cork 15, after which the non-buoyant stopper 13 is driven into the bottle past the annulus 10, which, by the way, owing to its compressible material will have a tendency to sustain the said stopper 13 in position, said stopper being also held by frictional engagement within the tube 3, whereupon the stopper 13, being of non-buoyant material, will fall to the bottom of the receptacle, as shown in Fig. 2, resting presumably upon the flattened face 14 thereof. Thus it will be evident thatif the stopper 13 is not in the uppermost position, as shown in Fig. 1, and a cork, as 15, is in position within the bottle a warning is conveyed to the purchaser that the bottle has been tampered with and its kcontents have been subjected to removal,

whether removed therefrom or not, and the purchaser is placed upon his guard with relation to the contents of the bottle. After the stopper 13 has been driven into the bottle it is evident that said stopper being of a non-buoyant material will not prevent the egress of material from the bottle through the opening in the tube 3, and the bottle may be used at will for any purpose desired.

While I have shown in the accompanying drawings the preferred form of my invention, it will be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise form shown, for many of the details may be changed in form or position without affecting the operativeness 0r utility of my invention, and I therefore reserve the right to make all such modiiications as are included within the scope of the following claims or of mechanical equivalents to the structures set forth.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 1 1. In a bottle, a screw-threaded neck portion having a socket therein, in combination with a correspondingly screw-threaded and socketed tube within said neck, a spring held in said tube-socket adapted to engage with the other socket, and an annular seal within said neck below the tube.

2. In a bottle, a screw-threaded neck portion having a socket therein, in combination with a correspondingly screw-threaded and socketed tube within said neck, a spring held in said tube-socket, which spring is adapted to engage with said neck-socket, an annular seal within the neck below the tube, anda non-buoyant stopper frietionally engaging the lower interior portion of said tube.

3. In a bottle, a screw-threaded neck portion having a socket therein, in combination with a correspondingly screw-threaded and socketed tube within said neck, a spring held in said tube-socket, which spring is adapted to engage with said neck-socket, an annular seal within the neck below the tube, and a non-buoyant stopper having a flattened face frictionally engaging the lower interior portion of said tube.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

IVILLIAM GARDNER.

Witnesses:

AGNES JANE DICKIE. BLAKE SCOTT EATON. 

